Sample question: how have these lines been made vivid?

(1)Choose some words (2)Write the words (3)Write (what they mean) (4)Say why they stand out PUPIL ONE: “Line 4 makes Charon seem horrible as he starts being aggressive when Aeneas and the Sibyl haven’t done anything to him.”

Sample question: how have these lines been made vivid? (1)Choose some words (2)Write the words (3)Write (what they mean) (4)Say why they stand out PUPIL TWO: “’nostra ad flumina’ meaning ‘to our river’ on line 5 stands out because of the elision of ‘nostra ad’. This makes it sound as if it is flowing like a river.”

Sample question: how have these lines been made vivid? (1)Choose some words (2)Write the words (3)Write (what they mean) (4)Say why they stand out PUPIL THREE: “’iter inceptum’ meaning ‘begin the journey’ sounds like the beat of someone’s steps because of the alliterative sound.”

Sample question: how have these lines been made vivid? (1)Choose some words (2)Write the words (3)Write (what they mean) (4)Say why they stand out PUPIL FOUR: “The words ‘iter inceptum’ meaning ‘began the journey’ both beginning with the letter i – alliteration and are both right next to each other making them stand out even further”

Sample question: how have these lines been made vivid? (1)Choose some words (2)Write the words (3)Write (what they mean) (4)Say why they stand out PUPIL FIVE: “The first line is also end-stopped meaning the line can be read in its own and still make sense.”

Sample question: how have these lines been made vivid? (1)Choose some words (2)Write the words (3)Write (what they mean) (4)Say why they stand out PUPIL SIX: “He (Virgil) has also used alliteration later on in the passage, namely ‘iam inde’ and ‘iam instinc’”

Sample question: how have these lines been made vivid? (1)Choose some words (2)Write the words (3)Write (what they mean) (4)Say why they stand out PUPIL SEVEN: “’quisquis es’ is a very sharp sounding phrase and this is reflected when you read it. It means ‘who are you?’ and Charon says this with a sharp feeling of distrust and a slight fear.”

Sample question: how have these lines been made vivid? (1)Choose some words (2)Write the words (3)Write (what they mean) (4)Say why they stand out PUPIL EIGHT: “Virgil’s use of alliteration initially, ‘iter inceptum’, adds to the effect that what this first passage is about is ‘the journey begun.’

Sample question: how have these lines been made vivid? (1)Choose some words (2)Write the words (3)Write (what they mean) (4)Say why they stand out PUPIL NINE: “The words ‘navita’ and ‘quos’ or ‘the sailor’ and ‘them’ are juxtaposed in such a way that it makes the listener wonder what is the relation between them. This suspense is preserved until the word ‘prospexit’ or ‘saw far off’ and the fact that the verb ‘saw far off’ is so far away from the subject ‘the sailor’ and the object ‘them’ is a physical representation of how far away the sailor is from Aeneas and the Sibyl.”

Sample question: how have these lines been made vivid? (1)Choose some words (2)Write the words (3)Write (what they mean) (4)Say why they stand out PUPIL TEN: “The phrase ‘per tacitum nemus’ of ‘through the silent grove’ forces the reader to speak softly, thus the sound of the speech portrays the silence of the grove and this adds to a sense of stillness.”

Sample question: how have these lines been made vivid? (1)Choose some words (2)Write the words (3)Write (what they mean) (4)Say why they stand out PUPIL TEN (cont.): “This tranquillity is contrasted sharply however With Charon’s aggressive diction in ‘sic prior adgreditur dictis atque increpat ultro’ or ‘thus, he is the first to challenge with words and rebukes on his (Charon’s) own accord. The aggressiveness Of this action is emphasised because ‘prior adgreditur dictis’ and ‘increpat ultro’ are basically the same action but their juxtaposition creates the sense that only Charon is doing anything in this sentence.”

Sample question: how have these lines been made vivid? (1)Choose some words (2)Write the words (3)Write (what they mean) (4)Say why they stand out PUPIL ELEVEN: “in line 6 juxtaposition is used with the words ‘quisquis es’ Also those two words are imperatives which makes it seem more frightening. That line gives Charon a hostile persona because of how he is speaking.”

Sample question: how have these lines been made vivid? (1)Choose some words (2)Write the words (3)Write (what they mean) (4)Say why they stand out PUPIL TWELVE: “In line 2 at the start are the words ‘per tacitum nemus’, the two words fit well together because of the physical sound. Also in that line ‘pedemque advertere’ elision is used. Throughout all the lines short and sharp words are used to give the violent and shocking effect.”

Sample question: how have these lines been made vivid? (1)Choose some words (2)Write the words (3)Write (what they mean) (4)Say why they stand out PUPIL THIRTEEN: “In line 5 ‘nostra ad flumina’ fits well together because the physical sound of nostra and ad together makes it seem like one word.”

Sample question: how have these lines been made vivid? (1)Choose some words (2)Write the words (3)Write (what they mean) (4)Say why they stand out PUPIL FOURTEEN: “When Charon says ‘quisquis es’ it shows He doesn’t care who it is that’s out there. There is lots of Alliteration and assonance throughout this passage’.

Sample question: how have these lines been made vivid? (1)Choose some words (2)Write the words (3)Write (what they mean) (4)Say why they stand out PUPIL FIFTEEN: “Virgil’s use of language in the lines move te events in this passage sto saut from the very beginning with alliterations ‘iter inceptum’ and ‘iam inde’. He also uses terrifying words such as ‘armatus’ armed. It can also be noticed Euson te first sentence he finishes it at the end of the line to bring a rord vivid to the reader.